WO2008027553A2 - Routeur sans fil pour interface réseau - Google Patents

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WO2008027553A2
WO2008027553A2 PCT/US2007/019203 US2007019203W WO2008027553A2 WO 2008027553 A2 WO2008027553 A2 WO 2008027553A2 US 2007019203 W US2007019203 W US 2007019203W WO 2008027553 A2 WO2008027553 A2 WO 2008027553A2
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wireless router
network interface
interface device
housing
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Tuy T. Nguyen
Boyd G. Brower
John J. Napiorkowski
Kathleen E. Blake
Stuart E. Hoiness
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Corning Cable Systems Llc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
    • H04M11/06—Simultaneous speech and data transmission, e.g. telegraphic transmission over the same conductors
    • H04M11/062—Simultaneous speech and data transmission, e.g. telegraphic transmission over the same conductors using different frequency bands for speech and other data
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/812—Packaged towel

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  • VoIP is a term that has become well recognized recently and relates to methodologies for converting analog audio signals into digital data that may be transmitted over the Internet or other digital data transmission networks including, for example, enterprise intranet networks.
  • coaxial cable has been used for many years to bring media signals in the form of television programming to various premises both residential and commercial. More recently such coaxial cables have been employed to provide data services along with the previously supplied media programming.
  • varying signal coupling electronics may be provided in correspondence to the type(s) of communication signal transmission carriers or mediums deployed to a subscriber premise.
  • an apparatus is provided to enable expanded signal transmission within a subscriber premise without having to install additional signal transmission medium within a subscriber premise.
  • an apparatus is provided to enable wireless transmission of selected signals within a subscriber premise.
  • an apparatus has been developed to provide a subscriber with wireless services while also permitting the subscriber to implement various services using her existing home wiring.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary configuration of a network interface device adapter installation in a residential environment wherein fiber optic cable has been deployed as a communications signal carrier to the premises in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary configuration of a network interface device adapter installation in a residential environment wherein copper cable has been deployed as a communications signal carrier to the premises in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention is particularly concerned with providing improved network interface device (NID) apparatus for providing signal coupling from various communications signal carriers deployed to a subscriber premises.
  • NID network interface device
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary configuration of a network interface device (NID) 100 installation in a residential environment wherein coaxial cable 102 has been deployed to the premises in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • NID 100 constructed in accordance with the present invention, may take multiple forms based on specific subscriber and service supplier requirements. In all cases, NID 100 may be installed at a subscriber premises and will be variously enabled depending, in part, on the type of service connection provided to the subscriber premises by the service provider.
  • selected components designed for mounting within NID 100 may be provided in a form allowing a subscriber to install the components herself as disclosed in commonly-assigned pending United States Patent Application Serial Number 11/439,086 entitled “VoIP ADAPTER FOR NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE” filed May 23, 2006. In such instances, the components may be mailed to a subscriber as a kit for self-installation.
  • NID 100 may be configured to receive a coaxial cable 102 by way of a suitably configured entry port in NID 100.
  • Coaxial cable 102 may be coupled to additional electronic devices housed within NID 100 by way of an optional protector 104.
  • Optional protector 104 which may be housed within a schematically illustrated separate chamber 104' within NID 100, may correspond to a variety of transient suppression devices or a combination of such devices designed to protect NID 100 electronics from damage resulting from electrical surges induced by, for example, lightning or other transient producing phenomena.
  • Additional protection components including, but not limited to, fuses, gas tubes with or without failsafe, sidactors, positive temperature coefficient (PTC) or fusible resistors, may be added into the circuit design to provide additional secondary protection and improve performance. Any combination of these components could be used to meet certain requirements. In order to meet more stringent requirements, combinations of any of the above named components may be used.
  • Protective elements as here described may be coupled in various combinations as line to line, and line to ground including both tip to ground and ring to ground configurations as is well understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • signals transmitted over cable 102 may be coupled to an xDSL POTS Splitter 110 mounted within NID 100.
  • xDSL POTS Splitter 110 may be provided to separate the various forms of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) signals, commonly generically referred to as xDSL signals, from the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) signals as may be commonly impressed with xDSL signals on coaxial cable 102. POTS signals may then be provided over cable 112 to telephone equipment 114 as may be provided in the subscriber's premises.
  • DSL Digital Subscriber Line
  • POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
  • service providers may supply xDSL data service without POTS to a subscriber's premises.
  • the need to provide line protective sealing current for those subscribers interested in continuing use of their existing analog POTS equipment requires inclusion of additional electronics to isolate the higher frequency that would otherwise be impressed on the subscriber premises wiring and which would be degraded by coupling of analog POTS equipment directly to the premises wiring.
  • additional electronics is described, for example, in the commonly-assigned copending United States Patent Application Serial Number 11/439,087 entitled “xDSL VoIP ADAPTER DEVICE” filed on May 23, 2006.
  • FIG. 1 there is illustrated a further electronics component coupled by cable 116 to an output of xDSL POTS Splitter 110.
  • This further component is designated in FIG. 1 as a modem with wireless router and will be herein after described as wireless router 120.
  • Wireless router 120 corresponds to a significant aspect of the present invention in that through the provision of wireless router 120 within NID 100, significant cost savings as well as installation savings in both time and effort may be achieved.
  • Wireless router 120 may be configured to optionally provide signals over cables 122 that may be coupled via subscriber premises cables to a data using device 144. Such data using device 144 may correspond to one or more personal computers coupled together, for example, by way of an un-illustrated home network.
  • wireless router 120 may optionally provide signals over cable 126 to be couple to additional subscriber premises cables to media device 128.
  • Media device 128 may correspond to a television receiver, a video recorder, or other device capable of displaying, saving, or otherwise manipulating media signals as may be provided by a service provider over cable 102.
  • Cable 122 may correspond to a commonly used "category 5" (CAT 5) cable or other type cable while cable 126 may correspond to a coaxial cable or other suitable cable type.
  • CA5 commonly used "category 5"
  • wireless router 120 may be configured to provide wireless signals directly from NID 100 to the subscriber premises.
  • voice portion of signals received over cable 102 and transmitted by cables 112 to telephone equipment 114 may also or alternatively be transmitted over a wireless link.
  • the present invention may none-the-less have utility in virtually any location. For example, some amount of data or media cable may be installed in a subscriber's premises yet additional use locations within, around or near the premises may be desired. Such desires may more easily be addressed by the provision of a wireless connection where, in fact, it may be impossible or at least difficult to install otherwise required cables.
  • wireless router 120 may be supported through the provision of an antenna 130 mounted internal to NID 100.
  • antenna(e) 132 may be mounted externally of NID 100 to operate in conjunction with internal antenna 130 as, for example, a component of a diversity system embodied within wireless router 120 or as the sole antenna for the system.
  • Antenna 132 may be mounted directly to an external portion of NID 100 or may be mounted remotely from NID ⁇ 100, perhaps at an elevated location, to improve transmission range.
  • antenna 132 may be coupled to router 120 by way of cable 134 either directly of by way of suitable radio frequency (RF) coupling connectors (not illustrated) mounted externally on NID 100 with a matching connector coupled to a cable connected to antenna 132.
  • RF radio frequency
  • this second embodiment of the present invention may also include one or more NID 200 internal antenna(e) 230 as well as one or more optional external antenna(e) 232 coupled to OE board 210 by way of cable 234 with or without optional connectors mounted to NID 200 as previously described.
  • Each such antenna and associated elements including optional connectors and coupling cables perform the same functions as previously described with respect to the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • NID 300 is configured to contain an optional protector device 304 which, like protector 104 of the first embodiment may be separately housed in schematically illustrated separate chamber 304' within NID 300.
  • optional protector 304 may correspond to the various configuration previously discussed with respect to protector 104.
  • the third embodiment also incorporates an xDSL Splitter 310 and a modem and wireless router combination herein after designated as wireless router 320.
  • Wireless router 320 has all of the functionality of wireless router 120 previously described and includes cable connections as well as antenna connections corresponding to those of the first embodiment and have been given similar reference designations but with "300" series numbers. It should be appreciated that for applications in which POTS is not provided and telephone service is being provided by VOIP, the xDSL Splitter 310 of FIG. 3 is removed and the VOIP information is provided with Data 324 through the Modem with Wireless Router 320.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil et une méthodologie destinés à réaliser une transmission sélective câblée et/ou sans fil de signaux de communication à et/ou à l'intérieur des locaux d'un abonné. Un dispositif d'interface réseau comprend un routeur sans fil à l'intérieur du boîtier du dispositif d'interface réseau pour fournir un ou plusieurs service(s) de communications sans fil et câblées à un abonné. Le dispositif d'interface réseau peut être monté à l'extérieur des locaux d'un abonné. La présence d'un routeur sans fil dans un dispositif d'interface réseau permet à un fournisseur de services de proposer un service sans fil à un abonné ainsi qu'à de nouveaux abonnés situés très près d'un abonné existant.
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